I've gotten choked up at the pharmacy twice in the past 4 months [View all]

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The first time was back in September when my anti-malarial drug that I take for lupus went from $28 (self pay, cash price) for 60 pills to $230 for 60 pills. I was waiting for my Medicare and supplemental insurance to take effect. My oral chemo pills had previously gone from $30 a month to $92 a month. My total bill for all my meds was nearly $400. I could not afford to get them from September - December. It bummed me out.

Today I went to get the prices for my prescriptions, before I even bothered trying to have them filled.

My $230 medicine now costs me $2 damn dollars. My $92 medicine will run me between $2-$5 after it's approved. My others went down as well and brought my monthly tab to $10-12, down from nearly $400. It made my day.

I've seen a lot of healthy people I know, and strangers, complain about how much their copays and insurance have gone up this year and it floors me. They do not take medicine that keeps their organs functioning properly, nor did they have to put off these drugs for a few to several months last year because of their inability to pay. Most of them are able to work and bring home more than $12,000 a year. I cannot work and rely on a tiny disability check to pay my medical bills.

I can afford to take my medicine now. It got me a little choked up today. Just thought I'd share.